"Legislative choice to implement the right to free and compulsory education through neighbourhood schools is not merely administrative; it is a deliberate constitutional strategy to operationalise equality
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"Provisions of Section 82 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, having serious civil and criminal ramifications qua the rights of an accused... cannot be invoked in
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"Section 27 of the Special Marriage Act does not contemplate the requirement of registration of the marriage under the Act to maintain an application to seek
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"High Court is not a window shopping forum, and the petitioner has approached this Court numerous times with incorrect and misleading facts and swearing false affidavits...
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"Article 311 applies only to civil servants or those who otherwise hold a ‘civil post’ under the Union or the State. ICAR functions as an autonomous
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"In order to amount to a stigma, the order must be in a language which imputes something over and above mere unsuitability for the job," Supreme
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"Clock starts ticking (for the first and only time) when the summons is served on the defendant along with a copy of the Plaint. The hands
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"Authorities are dutybound to pass reasoned and speaking orders, strictly confining their scrutiny to the four corners of the prevailing policy without importing alien or unwritten
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"Special Court may take the assistance of Special Educator if it is found to be required but this can be done only after assessing the competency
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"Expression 'further inquiry' as mentioned in Rule 10(1) does not mean a fresh or a de novo inquiry but only a further inquiry", Supreme Court, in
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"Joint or simultaneous disclosure is a myth, because two or more accused persons would not have uttered informatory words in a chorus," Supreme Court, in a
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"Punishment for subsequent offence is less than five years, the conditions as stipulated in Section 480(3) BNSS are not imposable," Supreme Court, in a significant
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"Circumstance of 'last seen together' does not by itself and necessarily lead to the inference that it was the accused who committed the crime. There must
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"Apprehension expressed by the prosecution regarding the possibility of the petitioner absconding can be obviated by imposing stringent conditions while granting bail", Kerala High Court, in
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"An able-bodied husband with documented professional qualifications and substantial prior income cannot evade maintenance obligation by citing unemployment," Karnataka High Court, in a significant ruling, held
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"In matters of gang rape, the individual liberty of the accused must yield to the collective interest of the community and the need to protect the
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"At the time of exhibiting and recording statements of witnesses, these parcels of sample as well as remaining contraband were never physically checked and, therefore, link to
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"If a criminal court is to be an effective instrument in dispensing justice, the presiding judge must cease to be a spectator and a mere
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"Where the complainant/informant is unavailable, or is dead, or turns hostile, the demand of illegal gratification can still be proved through the testimony of other witnesses,
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"Though such omission [to disclose a loan in ITR] may entail consequences under the Income Tax laws, however, the same falls outside the purview of the
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"Legislative choice to implement the right to free and compulsory education through neighbourhood schools is not merely administrative; it is a deliberate constitutional strategy to operationalise equality
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"Article 311 applies only to civil servants or those who otherwise hold a ‘civil post’ under the Union or the State. ICAR functions as an autonomous
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"In order to amount to a stigma, the order must be in a language which imputes something over and above mere unsuitability for the job," Supreme
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"Expression 'further inquiry' as mentioned in Rule 10(1) does not mean a fresh or a de novo inquiry but only a further inquiry", Supreme Court, in
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"Joint or simultaneous disclosure is a myth, because two or more accused persons would not have uttered informatory words in a chorus," Supreme Court, in a
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"Punishment for subsequent offence is less than five years, the conditions as stipulated in Section 480(3) BNSS are not imposable," Supreme Court, in a significant
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"Circumstance of 'last seen together' does not by itself and necessarily lead to the inference that it was the accused who committed the crime. There must
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"A mere reference to the names of family members in a criminal case arising out of a matrimonial dispute, without specific allegations indicating their active involvement
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"In order to implicate family members, complainant required to prima facie establish overt act or omission in second marriage ceremony," Supreme Court, in a significant ruling
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"Whether an amendment should be allowed is not dependent on whether the case which is proposed to be set up will eventually succeed at the trial.
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"Constitutional right under Article 21 and the special provision of law under Section 37, NDPS Act are to be read harmoniously and not placed in opposition
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"Meaning of the expression ‘a party’ cannot be contextually modulated or varied depending upon the outcome of the arbitral proceedings. Such modulation would amount to judicial
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"Lands granted as service inam for religious or charitable purposes partake the character of endowed property and are impressed with a public or religious trust, thereby
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"Initiation of CIRP is nothing more than the use of the IBC as a recovery mechanism. We will term it as an abuse of the process,"
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"Expression 'any rule of law, statute or enactment' in Section 3 of the Government Grants Act is of the widest amplitude and admits of no
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"Nature of this power is not administrative in the ordinary sense but partakes the character of a legislative function, involving the declaration of municipal limits
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"A transfer is a matter of administrative convenience within the same service, whereas a change in cadre entails a reconfiguration of the employee’s service identity
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"The petitioners... seem to have shown extreme lack of solicitude for the rule of law and aggravated the contempt already committed by acting in wilful and
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"Being a judgment in rem, a person, who is aggrieved thereby and having had no knowledge about the proceedings and proper citations having not been made,
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"For amputees, a prosthetic limb would get them closest to the life experienced, before the onset of their disability. The device, apart from empowering them,
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"Provisions of Section 82 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, having serious civil and criminal ramifications qua the rights of an accused... cannot be invoked in
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"Section 27 of the Special Marriage Act does not contemplate the requirement of registration of the marriage under the Act to maintain an application to seek
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"High Court is not a window shopping forum, and the petitioner has approached this Court numerous times with incorrect and misleading facts and swearing false affidavits...
read more
"Clock starts ticking (for the first and only time) when the summons is served on the defendant along with a copy of the Plaint. The hands
read more
"Authorities are dutybound to pass reasoned and speaking orders, strictly confining their scrutiny to the four corners of the prevailing policy without importing alien or unwritten
read more
"Special Court may take the assistance of Special Educator if it is found to be required but this can be done only after assessing the competency
read more
"Apprehension expressed by the prosecution regarding the possibility of the petitioner absconding can be obviated by imposing stringent conditions while granting bail", Kerala High Court, in
read more
"An able-bodied husband with documented professional qualifications and substantial prior income cannot evade maintenance obligation by citing unemployment," Karnataka High Court, in a significant ruling, held
read more
"In matters of gang rape, the individual liberty of the accused must yield to the collective interest of the community and the need to protect the
read more
"At the time of exhibiting and recording statements of witnesses, these parcels of sample as well as remaining contraband were never physically checked and, therefore, link to
read more
"If a criminal court is to be an effective instrument in dispensing justice, the presiding judge must cease to be a spectator and a mere
read more
"Where the complainant/informant is unavailable, or is dead, or turns hostile, the demand of illegal gratification can still be proved through the testimony of other witnesses,
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"Though such omission [to disclose a loan in ITR] may entail consequences under the Income Tax laws, however, the same falls outside the purview of the
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"Petitioner was practically caught red handed while perpetrating the alleged fraud which, in turn, transmitted tainted money even to other countries and into different mediums including
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"In matters of personal liberty, we cannot and should not be too technical and must lean in favour of personal liberty. Consequently, whether the accused makes
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"Section 145 CPC does not create a bar for filing the execution petition for enforcement of liability of the surety by filing Execution Petition in addition
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"Evidence of a chance witness requires a very cautious and close scrutiny and a chance witness must adequately explain his presence at the place of occurrence.
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"Bar under Section 12(5) can be removed only by a clear, unequivocal, and written agreement executed after the dispute has arisen, and not by any form
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"Punishment begins only after conviction and an accused continues to enjoy the presumption of innocence until duly tried and found guilty" , Calcutta High Court, in
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"Departmental proceeding, it is trite law, is not initiated merely by issuance of a show-cause notice. It is initiated only when a charge-sheet is issued", Bombay
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In the contemporary landscape of the Indian criminal justice system, DNA profiling has transitioned from a "novelty" to the "gold standard" of forensic evidence. However, for
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Possession is the law’s most practical concept. Before a court reaches the higher question—“who is the owner?”—it often asks the simpler, urgent question—“who is in possession, and
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Appreciating evidence in civil litigation requires adherence to strict principles under the Indian Evidence Act, the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), and binding judicial precedents. Courts
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In the world of law, the doctrine of Res Judicata serves as a cornerstone for upholding judicial efficiency and finality. Res judicata, meaning "a matter already judged,"
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"Copyright law, a delicate balance of protecting creativity while fostering innovation." – Indian Judiciary- Introduction: Safeguarding Creativity Through the Copyright Act
In a world
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In the Indian legal system, judgments play a crucial role in shaping jurisprudence and guiding future cases. These judgments can be classified into two primary categories: reportable and non-reportable.
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